Hong Kong Racing Tips: Moreira’s name can Flash up in Valley lights again April 28, 2020 THERE was no success in the three Group Ones for Joao Moreira on FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday, but the ‘Magic Man’ still conjured up another winning treble in his relentless pursuit of the jockeys’ championship title. Currently sitting three ahead of arch rival Zac Purton with 107 wins, it’s imperative the Brazilian boosts [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Red-hot Teetan the jockey to Focus on April 28, 2020 KARIS Teetan, fresh from his winning treble at Sha Tin on Sunday, can continue his run of good form at Happy Valley on Wednesday. It’s been mentioned on numerous occasions that Teetan is a confidence jockey. The ‘Mauritian Magician’ has ridden eight winners in the last fortnight and when he strikes a purple patch he can be [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Waikuku looks a Beauty of a bet to upset Generation April 23, 2020 THERE is high-class action in Hong Kong on Sunday morning as Sha Tin stages three Group Ones worth over £6million in prize money for its FWD Champions Day card. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that for the first time in 25 years there are no overseas challengers, but there are still the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Trailblazing Aethero has the answers in Chairman’s Sprint April 23, 2020 THERE look to be more questions than answers when determining the winner of the £1.8m Chairman’s Sprint Prize (7:50am). Will potential superstar AETHERO, found sick after finishing a close-up third in the Group One HK Sprint in December, put a disappointing eighth on his return earlier this month behind him and bounce back to form? Can [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Sweetie to give Ho and Shinn a Precious Valley winner April 21, 2020 IT IS hoped the gods of fortune may finally smile on trainer Peter Ho and jockey Blake Shinn when they team up at Happy Valley. They combine with PRECIOUS SWEETIE in the Jonquil Handicap – (Div I 12.15pm) and they’ll be hoping for an upturn in fortunes after a baron patch. Ho is currently bottom of the trainers’ table with [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Good Guys can get back to Winning Ways April 21, 2020 IN-FORM trainer Ricky Yiu can continue his purple patch at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Yiu is on cloud nine at present. A treble at Sha Tin last Sunday pushed him past the half century of winners for the season and extended his lead in the Trainers’ Championship . The 62-year-old sends half-a-dozen raiders to the Valley and will be [...]
Schofield can continue bright spell on Cruz’s Sunshine April 14, 2020 WHILE jockeys Zac Purton and Joao Moreira continue to hog the limelight in Hong Kong, facts and figures show that South African Chad Schofield has become the most improved jockey in the territory. Schofield, son of top Australian and Sydney-based jockey Glyn, was given a long suspension earlier in the season and his campaign didn’t properly [...]
Glory awaits Purton and his Master April 14, 2020 REIGNING champion Zac Purton looks to have the necessary fire power to eat into the four-win deficit at the top of the jockeys’ title race at Happy Valley on Wednesday. The Australian pilot would not have been in the best of spirits after racing at Sha Tin on Sunday. Not only did rival Joao Moreira become the first [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Smoothies has Grand chance at the Valley April 7, 2020 TRAINER Danny Shum is the man to follow at Happy Valley today. After a week’s rest to freshen up the grass, the turf surface at the Valley should be in pristine condition, but a word of warning – the recent rain in the territory is threatening to turn the ground on the soft side. This [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Hong Kong Bet can Cruz to victory in Valley feature April 7, 2020 IT WILL be very much a case of ‘blink and you will miss it’ when some of the quickest horses in Hong Kong line-up in the main event of the afternoon, the £200,000 Hing Man Handicap (3.50pm) over five furlongs. With the speed likely to be frenetic in the early stages, luck will surely play [...]